[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Grantsburg at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Ethics — See Ch. 51.
Government and elections — See Ch. 73.
The Trustees of the Village of Grantsburg shall constitute the Village Board. The Village Board shall be vested with all the powers of the Village not specifically given some other officer, as well as those powers set forth elsewhere throughout this Code.
A. 
Election, term and number. The Village of Grantsburg shall have six Trustees in addition to the President, who is a Trustee by virtue of his office as President. The six Trustees shall constitute the Village Board. Three Trustees shall be elected at each annual spring election for a term of two years, commencing on the third Tuesday of April in the year of their election. Members of the Village Board shall be residents of the Village at the time of their election and during their terms of office.
B. 
Appointment as President. A Village Trustee shall be eligible for appointment as Village President to fill an unexpired term.
A. 
Election. The Village President shall be elected at the annual spring election in odd-numbered years for a term of two years, commencing on the third Tuesday of April in the year of his election.
B. 
Duties. The Village President shall by virtue of his office be a Trustee and preside at all meetings of the Board, have a vote as Trustee, and sign all ordinances, rules, bylaws, regulations and commissions adopted or authorized by the Board and all orders drawn on the treasury. He shall maintain peace and good order and see that the Village ordinances are faithfully obeyed and in case of disturbance, riot or other apparent necessity appoint as many special marshals as he shall deem necessary, who for the time being shall possess all the powers and rights of constables.
A. 
Election. At the annual organization meeting, the Village Board shall elect one of its members to serve as the President Pro Tern, who shall preside over meetings of the Village Board in the absence of the Village President.
B. 
Duties. In case of absence of the Village President, the President Pro Tem shall preside over meetings of the Village Board. In case of absence of the Village President and President Pro Tem, the Village Clerk shall call the meeting to order and the Trustees present shall elect one of their number Acting President.
C. 
Presiding officer. It shall be the duty of the presiding officer to:
(1) 
Call the meeting to order.
(2) 
Keep the meeting to its order of business.
(3) 
Control discussion in an orderly manner and permit audience participation at the appropriate times. Every Village Board member who wishes an opportunity to speak must be recognized by the presiding officer.
(4) 
State each motion before it is discussed and before it is voted upon.
(5) 
Put motions to a vote and announce the outcome.
[Amended 4-24-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-05]
A. 
Committee appointments. Standing committees of the Village Board are appointed by the Village President, subject to confirmation by the Village Board, and shall each consist of three members of the Village Board. The appointments to each committee shall be made at the annual organizational meeting of the Village Board. Standing committees shall review such matters as may be referred to them by the Village Board and shall submit recommendations for Board action.
B. 
Committees established. The following standing committees are established:
(1) 
Administration Committee (finance, personnel, legal matters and ordinances).
(2) 
Public Works Committee (utilities, streets, buildings, machinery, cemetery, airport, and stormwater, operations and maintenance).
(3) 
Public Safety Committee (police, emergency management, ambulance, and fire).
(4) 
Leisure and Recreation Committee (community center, pool, parks, campground, events, skating rink, and trails operations and maintenance).
C. 
Committee chair.
(1) 
The Village President shall appoint each committee chair subject to confirmation by the Village Board.
(2) 
The Village President shall be an ex officio member of each standing committee and may be appointed to serve as a member of a standing committee.
D. 
Committee reports. Each committee shall, at the next regular Board meeting, submit a report on all matters referred to it. Such report shall recommend a definite action on each item and shall be approved by a majority of the committee. Any committee may require any Village officer or employee to confer with it and supply information in connection with any matter pending before it.
E. 
Ambiguity of committee authority. In case of ambiguity or apparent conflict between the preceding definition of committee authority and definition, in these ordinances, of the authority of a Village officer, employee, board, or association, the latter shall prevail.
A. 
General. The Village Board shall be vested with all the powers of the Village not specifically given some other officer. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Village Board shall have the management and control of the Village property, finances, highways, streets, navigable waters and the public service and shall have the power to act for the government and good order of the Village, for its commercial benefit and for the health, safety, welfare and convenience of the public and may carry its powers into effect by license, regulation, suppression, borrowing, taxation, special assessment, appropriation, fine, imprisonment and other necessary or convenient means. The powers hereby conferred shall be in addition to all other grants and shall be limited only by express language.
B. 
Acquisition and disposal of property. The Village Board may acquire property, real or personal, within or without the Village, for parks, libraries, historic places, recreation, beautification, streets, waterworks, sewage or waste disposal, harbors, improvement of watercourses, public grounds, vehicle parking areas and for any other public purpose; may acquire real property within or contiguous to the Village, by means other than condemnation, for industrial sites; may improve and beautify the same; may construct, own, lease and maintain buildings on such property for instruction, recreation, amusement and other public purposes; and may sell and convey such property. Condemnation shall be as provided by the Wisconsin Statutes.
C. 
Acquisition of easements and property rights. Confirming all powers granted to the Village Board and in furtherance thereof, the Board is expressly authorized to acquire, by gift, purchase or condemnation under the Wisconsin Statutes, any and all property rights in lands or waters, including rights of access and use, negative or positive easements, restrictive covenants, covenants running with land, scenic easements and any rights for use of property of any nature whatsoever, however denominated, which may be lawfully acquired for the benefit of the public or for any public purpose, including the exercise of powers granted under §§ 61.35 and 62.23, Wis. Stats., and may sell and convey such easements or property rights when no longer needed for public use or protection.
D. 
Village finances. The Village Board may levy and provide for the collection of taxes and special assessments; may refund any tax or special assessment paid, or any part thereof, when satisfied that the same was unjust or illegal; and generally may manage the Village finances. The Village Board may loan money to any school district located within the Village or within which the Village is wholly or partially located in such sums as are needed by such district to meet the immediate expenses of operating the schools thereof, and the board of the district may borrow money from such Village accordingly and give its note therefor. No such loan shall be made to extend beyond August 30 next following the making thereof or in an amount exceeding 1/2 of the estimated receipts for such district as certified by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the local school clerk. The rate of interest on any such loan shall be determined by the Village Board.
E. 
Construction of powers. Consistent with the purpose of giving to villages the largest measure of self-government in accordance with the spirit of the home rule amendment to the Constitution, the grants of power to the Village Board in this section and throughout this Code of Ordinances shall be liberally construed in favor of the rights, powers and privileges of villages to promote the general welfare, peace, good order and prosperity of the village and its inhabitants.
The Village Board, on behalf of the Village, may join with other counties, villages, cities, towns or other governmental entities in a cooperative arrangement for executing any power or duty in order to attain greater economy or efficiency, including joint employment of appointive officers and employees.
The Village Board has the power to preserve order at its meetings.
The President and other Trustees who make up the Village Board, whether operating under general or special law, may by majority vote of all the members of the Village Board determine that an annual salary be paid the President and Trustees. Salaries heretofore established shall so remain until changed by ordinance and shall not be increased or diminished during their terms of office.
A. 
All general ordinances of the Village and all regulations imposing any penalty shall be published either in their entirety or by notice as provided in § 61.50(1), Wis. Stats., in the official paper of the Village once or posted according to state law and shall be immediately recorded, with the affidavit of publication, by the Village Clerk in a book kept for that purpose and/or in the Village Code of Ordinances. A printed copy of such ordinance or regulation in any book, pamphlet or newspaper and published or purporting to be published therein by direction of the Village Board shall be prima facie proof of due passage, publication and recording thereof.
B. 
All ordinances shall take effect and be in force from and after passage and publication thereof, unless otherwise provided.